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Be it known that I, ELIJAIIC. Bn0WN, lof the town of Craivfordsville, in the county of Montgomery, and

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IMPROVEMENT IN GRN AND SEED-PLANTBB...

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in the State of Indiana, have invented au Improvement in Corn and Seed-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, refer-ence being had to accompanying drawings, und letters and figures of reference marked thereon. -V y Y The nature of the .invention consists in a device, Vattached to a corn and seed-planter, by means of which the driver can, without dismounting at any time, drop the seed or corn 4at pleasure, said device to be made of wood and iron, or any other suitable materials. 4 l Y To enable others skilled in the artto make and use my said invention, I'vproceed to describe it ymore fully,

as follows: I

In the-bottom or the seed-bozr of Figure 1, ofA theaoeompanying drawings, is a movable-slide, which isl perforated with proper holes, represented by r r of FigureV 2 `of the accompanying drawings,icorresponding with-,holes in the bottom of the seed-box N, for the passage of the corn and seed in the ordinary way, to which is attached, by a proper joint, one end of 'the lever, represented by A A of said fig. 1, and Figures 2, 4, 5,`of the'accompanying drawings. The other end of said lever A A is attached, by another suitable joint, to the erin B,-in manner and form as represented by a", of said figs. 2 and 5, and hung onla centre, so as to be free to move around Vit-in a horizontal plane. The `arm B is attachod,by a joint atV one end, to the'spiral spring Q Q, of said figs. 2 and 5, and at the other end, by another joint, to the arm B', which rests with one end in the joint of said B, and 'the other on the side of the'frame ot'lthe maehine,'-tl1 `e said band B and the said spring Q being, when in thpir proper places, 'as delineated by the said iig. v5, and there marked by their appropriate letters,

respectively. wA seut, 0,` and foot-rests,'D D, are. provided for the driver, as represented iu said iig. 1. The

usual drill-tubes Gcovcring-ploughs F, and rollers'E E are providedjalso, as represented hy fig-'1 and said iig.

3, respectively.

To use said machine, the driver, after having properly filled the seed-box N,takes his place on theseat O, and rests the heel of h is right foot 'ou the saidB, and his'left foot` on'the said foot-rest D. ""When the machine has passed over space enough for the distance between-two rows of lthevegetable he is planting, he presses his right foot on the s eidf;` that, by opening out from thc'sad B against the spring Q, will cause the lever 'A A to oscillate around its c entre, and carry the' slide RR, in the bpttoin of the seed-box, farenough to'let the-corn or seed drop through the drill-tootllG into the ground, where it is covered up with the covering-ploughs F F:

When the pressure of the foot is removed, the elasticity of the springQ will carry'baek the said B and'B, the said leverA A, and thclsaid slide R R toy their originiil positions, and so this can 'be repeated, until all the supply of seed inthe seed-box isoxhausted, when the seed can be iilled,`and the planting again renewed, as aforesaid. Y

l What I claim, and desire'to secure by Letters' Patent, is` n .1, The two' arms B and B', and the spring Q, when the sarn'e are constructed, combined, and used in manner and forrn as aforesaid.

2.' The combination of the said B and B and Q, with thu said lever` A A and the said sliding bottom R R,

for' the purpose and in the manner substantially as set forth. l 3.4 The Whole combination hereinset forth, whenthe same is constructed, combined, and used, in its several parts, substantially asset forth. l Iutestimony` that I claim the foregoing specification, I have hereunto set my hand, this day of 1867. ELIJAH c. BROWN. Witnesses: v

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